Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... colleague's proposed Agrarian Law . Now the tribunicial veto had by this epoch of the Republic's history grown to be a mere nuisance and an anachronism ; yet it was so much tied up in men's memories with the ancient constitutional ...
... colleague's proposed Agrarian Law . Now the tribunicial veto had by this epoch of the Republic's history grown to be a mere nuisance and an anachronism ; yet it was so much tied up in men's memories with the ancient constitutional ...
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... bade him desist . Tiberius from the first showed signs of temper ; he turned on his colleague , we are told , and used harsh and insulting words to him . Then he postponed " the introduction of the bill to the next legal day.
... bade him desist . Tiberius from the first showed signs of temper ; he turned on his colleague , we are told , and used harsh and insulting words to him . Then he postponed " the introduction of the bill to the next legal day.
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... colleague . But when the clerk again began to recite the preamble , Octavius again interposed his veto ; then followed a violent scene , while the tribunes exchanged hard words and the mob raged and shouted . A most unhappy inspiration ...
... colleague . But when the clerk again began to recite the preamble , Octavius again interposed his veto ; then followed a violent scene , while the tribunes exchanged hard words and the mob raged and shouted . A most unhappy inspiration ...
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... , he might ask the Senate to plead with his colleague to allow the bill a fair hearing . The proposal , if made in good faith , was not a very wise one , considering that most senators с were holders , on a greater or lesser scale ,
... , he might ask the Senate to plead with his colleague to allow the bill a fair hearing . The proposal , if made in good faith , was not a very wise one , considering that most senators с were holders , on a greater or lesser scale ,
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... colleagues of equal power , " he said , " when they differ on a capital point , cannot work to- gether . They must always be engaged in hostilities , and the public weal must suffer . It would be better that one should be removed ...
... colleagues of equal power , " he said , " when they differ on a capital point , cannot work to- gether . They must always be engaged in hostilities , and the public weal must suffer . It would be better that one should be removed ...
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